Deprecation
This article gives you advanced notice of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) features that are being phased out, so that you can make timely business decisions. Citrix monitors customer use and feedback to determine when features are withdrawn. Announcements can change in subsequent releases and might not include every deprecated feature or functionality. For details about product lifecycle support, see theProduct Lifecycle Support Policyarticle.
Note:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deprecations and removals are described in their ownDeprecationarticle.
Deprecations and removals
The following list shows the Citrix DaaS features that are deprecated or removed.
Deprecateditems are not removed immediately. Citrix continues to support them but they will be removed in a future release.
Removeditems are removed, or no longer supported, in Citrix DaaS. Dates inboldface indicate the latest updates.
| Item | Deprecation announced in release | Removed in release | Alternative | |
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Removed the support forLeave user management to Citrix Cloudused in creating delivery groups. |
September 2023 | September 2023 | ||
Support forAwsCaptureInstancePropertiesused in AWS environments |
August 2023 | Use a machine profile. SeeCreate a catalog using a machine profile. | ||
| Support for VMware vSphere 6.7 | June 2023 | Usehigher versions for VMware vSphere. | ||
Schedule-ProvVMUpdatePowerShell command |
April 2023 | UseSet-ProvVMUpdateTimeWindowcommand. |
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Request-ProvVMUpdatePowerShell command |
April 2023 | UseSet-ProvVMUpdateTimeWindowcommand with-StartsNowand-DurationInMinutes -1parameters. |
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Cancel-ProvVMUpdatePowerShell command |
April 2023 | UseClear-ProvVMUpdateTimeWindowcommand. |
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DedicatedTenancyparameter used inNew-ProvSchemecommand |
March 2023 | UseTenancyTypeparameter. |
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| Unmanaged disk to provision VM in Azure environments | June 2022 | |||
Support for four AWS specific commands:Revoke-HypSecurityGroupIngress,Revoke-HypSecurityGroupEgress,Grant-HypSecuritygroupegress, andGrant-HypSecurityGroupIngress |
May 2022 | |||
StorageAccountTypeparameter used in Azure environments |
April 2022 | UseStorageType. |
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| Legacy console (MMC-based console) | July 2021 | November 2021 | UseManage > Full Configurationto access the full range of configuration and management actions. | |
| Azure Quick Deploy | September 2020 | UseQuick Deploy. | ||
| Ability to import Citrix Provisioning target devices to create catalogs in Citrix Studio. | August 2020 | February 2021 | Use the Citrix Provisioning Export Devices Wizard to push Citrix Provisioning VMs into Delivery Controllers/MCS for catalog creation. SeeExport Devices Wizard. |